Trip to Idaho and Family Reunion!

As I said in the previous post, Jared and I went to Idaho this past weekend. We drove thru Wyoming, which is entirely the same the whole way thru!!! These pictures were taken well apart, and yet...

This is when the drive seems to be going fine...
and then we realize this is taking forever!!! Ok, so the pictures were not taken at the beginning and end of the trip, but they were taken a good distance apart, and yet the backgrounds look almost identical! Oh Wyoming!!
When we got to Idaho the first stop we made was at our storage unit. I posted before about stuffing the beanbag into the trunk, and we also stuffed two huge tubs of kitchen crap and a very large suitcase filled with clothes. but before we unloaded all of that, we wanted to get our rock climbing gear out.
And of course, its in the back of the storage unit, towards the bottom of a stack of tubs! So I climbed on back there and began rearranging things so we could get our gear out, but in the process I packed myself in. => Silly me lol
On Friday we went to Brett's wedding (previous post) and on Saturday we went to the Miller family reunion! They reserved this place in Rock Springs. It had two GIAGANTIC slip-n-slides and a big zipline! What a fun place!
Jakob, Jared's older brother, wanted to go down the slip-n-slide but didn't want to get wet, so he tried this position. A little further down the slide one of his cousins pushed him so he got all wet! All that balancing skill for nothing! =>
Jared's sisters Katie and Melissa were just having the time of their lives, getting as wet as they could!
Jared didn't want to miss out on all the fun, so of course he grabbed the biggest tube, to try and be king of the slip-n-slide, but again, some of his cousins put the kaibosh on that and totally rammed into him, flipping him over! Oh so funny!!!
The party really got started when Drew and Karen, Jared's parents, went down! They are so fun and cute together! =>
Jared decided he wanted his body to meet the sun. => Haha Look at that handome stud with the huge farmers tan!! I love him!!
This zip line was definately not what I expected. The zipper things you hold on to come on and off, and don't clip on, just lift on! I thought for sure I was going to turn my body the wrong way or something and have it get off the cable and I go plumiting to the ground!
But it didn't, and I am still alive and kicking! But it was a littlee touch and go there for a while because to get off, you have to run on the ground to slow down or you would hit a big metal wall at the bottom, and my stop running was a little rusty. =>
There was this beautiful, manmade waterfall behind the zipline! And of course we had to get pictures by it! =>
This is like the twentieth shot! We are not very good at taking pictures of us and capturing something in the background! => But it finally worked! Yay!
While walking back to the coverd area with the food, we passed the top of the slip-n-slide, where a lot of his family was waiting to go! It was like a slip-n-slide party!! =>
And before people started leaving, we needed to take a family picture! All of Jared's siblings were there! It was so fun to see them all again!
There are two pictures that I put up because I like different things about both of them, so if there was a way I could combine them, I would => But I can't so I figured if I put both of them up, I will have covered my bases =>

This is Jared and his dad! They always have to have a talk about politics or money or some political thing before they leave! I think it is so cute! And I tried to catch them in action, but a pose is cute too!!

After the family reunion we went back to Jakobs house and I took a nap. And when I woke up, this is what I woke up to.... the boys glued to the screen playing Halo 3! These boys could play this all day if their wives let them! Personally I think this game is stupid and pointless, you just go around killing eachother. Now Mario Cart, thats a good video game! => hahaha

That night we went to Olive Garden with Jakob, Haylie and their adorable baby Madison! I think this picture is so cute! Can't you just see the love for their baby gushing out!?!?! Thanks again for letting us crash at your house Jakob and Haylie!

We had so much fun on our mini vacation in Idaho! Now only two more weeks of selling then off to the tropics with my family!! We can make it! =>